Author: Victor LaValle

Quotes

Fear warps our understanding of reality and even our ability to see reality clearly.

Fear warps our understanding of reality and even our ability to see reality clearly.

- Victor LaValle

I had a pretty bad time when I was an undergraduate at Cornell University. I failed out of school. I was much, much heavier.

I had a pretty bad time when I was an undergraduate at Cornell University. I failed out of school. I was much, much heavier.

- Victor LaValle

The best monsters are our anxieties given form. They make sense on the level of a dream - or a nightmare.

The best monsters are our anxieties given form. They make sense on the level of a dream - or a nightmare.

- Victor LaValle

I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.

I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.

- Victor LaValle

I've spent my life visiting a handful of people who are very close to me when they've been committed to one hospital or another in New York.

I've spent my life visiting a handful of people who are very close to me when they've been committed to one hospital or another in New York.

- Victor LaValle

Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' was a story about the fear of immigration; the bad old bloodsucker swooping in from Eastern Europe and also preying upon 'our' vulnerable women.

Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' was a story about the fear of immigration; the bad old bloodsucker swooping in from Eastern Europe and also preying upon 'our' vulnerable women.

- Victor LaValle

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